Work on Eternal version 2 has officially begun! It's been in planning for a bit, and is now being developed.

If you'd like a run-down on some changes, here's a non-exhaustive list.

NGINX + Apache (NGINX front-end, Apache backend)

New feature set

Redis caching for MyBB

Eternal git repo for the whole site (this will allow users to switch between branches and follow development on Eternal).

More security, including but not limited to the enabling of our old 2FA system (which will be revamped)

Faster load times, and optimizations

Single-page application transition

Even more friendly URLs

A lot more as well, but until we approach v2 more, these will be unknown to the public. A lot of features that were previously canned will be making a come-back as well. So look forward to that, I suppose.

Anyways, have a great day!

"Instead of making a game that you hope many people will like, it's sometimes better to create a game that you know a few people will love." -Mark Brown

(11-16-2017, 09:14 AM)Anonymous Wrote: Great to hear Sweets. Just don't overwork yourself though. I know in past updates and discussions you said you also have work and schooling to deal with so try to keep a balance so you don't go crazy

I try not to, though it does happen. Like when I decided it'd be a good idea to rewrite all of search.php. Also, eternal sort of weighs more than both work and school, and for as bad as that is, it just does. So, yeah...

"Instead of making a game that you hope many people will like, it's sometimes better to create a game that you know a few people will love." -Mark Brown

(11-25-2017, 11:51 AM)Sweets Wrote: Also, eternal sort of weighs more than both work and school, and for as bad as that is, it just does. So, yeah...

Well it shows. You really do put a lot of effort into it

Well that's reassuring, that I'm not doing it unnoticed.

As promised earlier in the thread, since we are getting closer to v2, even if just slightly, another new feature is that I've completely rewritten the original search.php file included with MyBB, for added functionality. I did hint at this previously in this thread, but basically, the new search file abandons search IDs in favor of having prettier search URLs.

Code:

Old /search.php?action=results&sid=[md5 hash]

New /search.php?query=this+is+what+search+urls+look+like

I'm sure this goes without saying, but SEO urls will also be applied to the search functionality. Above is the MyBB default, before and after my rewrite.

Below is for Eternal specifically

Code:

/search/query/this+is+what+search+urls+look+like

"Instead of making a game that you hope many people will like, it's sometimes better to create a game that you know a few people will love." -Mark Brown